Mountains of the Mind: Adventures in Reaching the Summit by Robert Macfarlane

Mountains of the Mind: Adventures in Reaching the Summit

Robert Macfarlane

324 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history nature travel adventurous reflective slow-paced
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Combining accounts of legendary mountain ascents with vivid descriptions of his own forays into wild, high landscapes, Robert McFarlane reveals how the mystery of the world’s highest places has came to grip the Western imagination—and perennially ...

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Moods

adventurous 89%
informative 87%
reflective 68%
inspiring 50%
challenging 18%
emotional 10%
dark 6%
relaxing 6%
sad 6%
mysterious 4%
hopeful 2%
lighthearted 2%
tense 2%

Pace

slow 53%
medium 44%
fast 2%

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4.0

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